How To Fix H1703 - Assignment to FM area not unique within organizational structure

H1703 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: H1 - Messages Used in HR Funds and Position Management

• Message number: 703

• Message text: Assignment to FM area not unique within organizational structure

What causes this issue?

In the organizational structure of root object &v1&, there is a
conflict regarding the FM areas assigned. Integration between Funds
Management and HR Funds and Position Management has been activated for
FM area &v3& of the root object (&v1&). However, the FM area derived
from the company code defined in infotype 1008 for the organizational
unit &v2& is the FM area &v4&.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Change the account assignment details defined for organizational unit
&v2& so that the company code belongs to the same FM area as the root
organizational unit &v3&.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message H1703 - Assignment to FM area not unique within organizational structure ?

  The SAP error message H1703, "Assignment to FM area not unique within organizational structure," typically occurs in the context of Financial Management (FM) when there is an issue with the assignment of a Funds Management (FM) area to an organizational unit. This error indicates that the system has found multiple assignments of the same FM area to different organizational units, which is not allowed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Assignments: The most common cause of this error is that the same FM area has been assigned to more than one organizational unit, leading to ambiguity in the system.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be a misconfiguration in the assignment of FM areas to organizational units in the system settings.
  Data Inconsistencies: Data inconsistencies or errors in the configuration tables can also lead to this issue.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the H1703 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Assignments:
  
  Go to the transaction code FMAVC or FMX1 to check the assignments of FM